​Is this the BBC’s new Bake Off?

Written By Megan Sutton | 3 March 2017

The BBC has announced Nadiya Hussain will host a show to rival GBBO

Ever since the BBC lost The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4 last year, the nation has been wondering about the future of the beloved show. What will it be like under the control of a new channel and without the likes of Mary, Mel and Sue taking part?

Whilst it remains to be seen whether the Channel 4 reincarnation of The Great British Bake Off will be a hit with fans, what is now clear is the BBC won’t be leaving us without an alternative.

Today, the BBC announced Nadiya Hussain will host the channel’s new answer to the cook off format – The Big Family Cooking Showdown.

Fronted by Nadiya as well as Zoe Ball, the new show will see 16 families competing to be named Britain’s best family of cooks, under the watchful eye of expert judges Rosemary Shrager and Giorgio Locatelli.

Nadiya took to Twitter to say the project is ‘so exciting’ and told fans the show will be out ‘in the autumn’

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Nadiya, who won Bake Off series six in 2015, has spoken about how she’ll use her own experience to guide contestants of her new show.

‘Having been through a food competition as an amateur cook myself, I know exactly how tough it can get,’ she said.

‘So I’ll be there for them, alongside Zoe, as the pressure really builds’

Knowing that the GBBO legacy is living on will certainly make a lot of fans very happy indeed. We can’t wait to tune in to The Big Family Cooking Showdown when it airs on BBC Two, and – hopefully – fill the GBBO-shaped void in our TV viewing schedule.